The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Gu Shichong did not stay in Cuiwei Palace for too long. He just agreed and dealt with Concubine Ge, then hurried to Jianzhang Palace.

The Chunfeng Tower incident was a rare opportunity for him to defeat Gu Shimin. Before he was sure that Tu Yuxian had betrayed him, he would not let him go easily, nor would he give the Ge family a chance to further expand its power.

As for who Xue Zhiyi was referring to as "people around him", he must find out clearly.

Outside Jianzhang Palace, he met Tu Lanying.

Tu Lanying was preoccupied with her own thoughts, and even when Marquis Lin'an came to visit Lin Jianzhang Palace, she didn't even have the heart to go up and say a few words.

But suddenly someone called out to him, "Lan Ying."

Lan Ying, who was already worried, was startled. She turned around and saw that it was Prince Gong. She hurried forward and saluted: "Your servant greets His Highness. I wonder what His Highness wants you to do?"

Seeing Lan Ying's guilty look, Gu Shichong gradually became suspicious. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Where are you in such a hurry to go?"

Lan Ying only replied, "The Marquis of Lin'an is accompanying the Queen Mother in the palace. He ordered me to go to the imperial kitchen and ask someone to make a dessert."

Huo Wuyou is here too? Gu Shichong glanced in the direction of Jianzhang Palace.

He lowered his voice and asked, "Are there any recent developments in Jianzhang Palace?"

Before Lan Ying entered the palace, her father repeatedly told her that their family belonged to Prince Gong and that they must obey Prince Gong's orders in everything in the palace.

When she was asked this question, she remembered that she was not isolated and helpless in the palace. Now Xue Zhiyi had plotted against her and Ge Yuanhui, and Prince Gong would certainly not ignore it if he knew about it.

Finally finding someone to vent to, Lan Ying felt reassured.

"Your Highness, please make the decision for Lan Ying!" she said.

Gu Shichong said solemnly: "Explain clearly."

Lan Ying was extremely aggrieved: "Xue Zhiyi, that bitch, actually dared to set up a trap and cause Miss Ge to be humiliated like that!"

She continued to talk about what happened today, but Gu Shichong's eyes became colder: This was not the same as what his mother said.

According to his mother, it was Tu Lanying and Xue Zhiyi who conspired to harm Ge Yuanhui, but according to Tu Lanying, it was Xue Zhiyi who harmed both of them.

So who is telling the truth? Or are both parties hiding something?

Lan Ying was almost crying as she spoke: "Your Highness, the matter between Concubine Song and Gong Hua really has nothing to do with me. I beg you to explain this matter to Your Majesty. Otherwise, if I am dragged into this, I will be unable to defend myself, and I will not even be able to tell Miss Ge about her grievances!"

Gu Shichong lowered his eyes and thought: Logically speaking, the Tu family does not have the courage and no reason to betray him.

And... with Tu Lanying's intelligence, can she deceive Yuan Hui?

Why doesn't he believe it?

Seeing Tu Lanying's clueless look, he could only let her go: "Got it, go and do your job."

Lan Ying was still a little worried: "Your Highness, this matter..."

Gu Shichong could only repeat: "Go, I understand."

Lan Ying then bowed nervously and left.

In short, I still have to find Xue Zhiyi to ask clearly.

At this moment, a man in red was seen walking out of Jianzhang Palace slowly. Upon closer inspection, it was Huo Wuyou.

Huo Wuyou also noticed him, smiled suddenly, and came over.

He bowed, still with a frivolous and casual air: "Your Highness."

Gu Shichong frowned unconsciously. Although Huo Wuyou was smiling, he somehow felt that his smile was inexplicably weird.

After the greeting, he asked in a familiar tone, "Cousin, are you going to look for your grandmother?"

Gu Shichong hummed: "I went to the palace recently and haven't had time to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

Hearing this, Huo Wuyou let out a long sigh: "Cousin, you came at the wrong time."

Gu Shichong was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Huo Wuyou could only say helplessly: "Grandma has gone to bed."

"She's resting?" Gu Shichong was puzzled. "It's just sunset now. It's too late to take a nap and too early to go to bed. Why would the Empress Dowager rest now?"

Huo Wuyou shook his head: "She said she was sleepy, so she drove me out. If you go in now, grandma won't be able to see you."

After being embarrassed for a moment, Gu Shichong retreated and said, "Forget it. Cousin, did you see Xue Zhiyi in Jianzhang Palace? I just want to ask her a question."

Huo Wuyou's hands clanged under his sleeves, and his smile became more sinister: "Who?"

Gu Shichong thought that he and Xue Zhiyi were not familiar with each other, and reminded him: "The one who played ball with us on the spring festival day was also the one who gave the top scholar a hairpin today."

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been with Xue Zhiyi for too long, but Huo Wuyou has also been infected with her affectation.

He said "oh" in a slightly exaggerated tone, as if he had just remembered something, and said, "Her."

"I remembered?"

Huo Wuyou nodded: "As I remember, he was clumsy and not very smart."

"So she is in Jianzhang Palace now?" Gu Shichong asked.

"Not here." Huo Wuyou said without hesitation.

Gu Shichong wondered, wasn't Huo Wuyou unfamiliar with her? How could he know so clearly that she was not in Jianzhang Palace?

"Then where is she now?"

Huo Wuyou said sincerely: "I don't know."

Seeing that Gu Shichong was hesitant to speak, Huo Wuyou put his arm around his shoulders and said, "There are so many beautiful palace maids. It's her own fault that she didn't meet my cousin today. Don't worry about it. Maybe next time my cousin enters the palace, he will meet someone he likes more."

Gu Shichong: "That's not what I meant..."

But Huo Wuyou took him in his arms and walked away, patting his shoulder: "No matter what."

He raised his head and glanced at the setting sun. "The Qionglin Banquet is over, and it's almost time to lock the palace gates. If your uncle knew that you didn't leave the palace on time, he would be unhappy. It's not worth it for a little palace maid!"

"No, I..." Gu Shichong's words were blocked in his mouth and he was dragged away by Huo Wuyou without saying anything.

Outside the palace gate, Huo Wuyou was still clamoring to go to the brothel with him to drink and have fun. He refused for a long time before finally rejecting his kind invitation.

In the carriage, Gu Shichong patted his wrinkled robe, feeling a little disgusted for a moment.

He sneered: After all, he had been to the battlefield with Lord Lin'an. Although he was taken away by Lord Lin'an to be tempered because of his stubborn character, I didn't expect that after so many years, he still had accomplished nothing.

In the past, he had wanted to win over the Duke of Lin'an, but now, seeing Huo Wuyou's character, he was afraid that even if he won him over, he would be a hindrance.

……

In the Lin'an Marquis Mansion, Huo Wuyou stretched lazily.

In front of him, Sui Yunlang, after listening to what happened to him throughout the day, couldn't help but hold his chin and said, "So, you've been really busy this day. Before leaving the palace, you even coaxed Prince Gong out."

Huo Wuyou just drank a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and gently played with the purse in his hand.

Today, Zhiyi had anticipated that Gu Shichong would go looking for her, so he asked him to go and block him.

It is better to send him away, so that Gu Shichong, who has a lot of thoughts, won't have any ill intentions.

Sui Yunlang asked him, "Aren't you afraid that Gu Shichong will really go to the brothel with you to drink? What if you can't pretend anymore?"

Huo Wuyou said, "I can't pretend anymore. I have been like this since I was a child. Otherwise, my father wouldn't have repeatedly ordered me to be tied up and sent to the battlefield."

When Huo Wuyou was young, he was spoiled by his father and brother who supported the family and his mother and grandmother who raised him, so it was inevitable that he had a casual temperament.

He went to school with Gu Shichong and others. Although he learned things quickly, he was unruly. He made the Taifu so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and reported him to the emperor.

Only then did his father realize that his good son had become a playboy, so on the eve of the expedition, he tied up the man who was still worshipping Zhou Gong in his dreams and took him to the northwest.

But I didn't expect that my father and brother would be buried in the yellow sand of the northwest along with 70,000 soldiers.

He carried the coffin back to Beijing, but what he learned was that his mother had committed suicide.